Archives in Category: Things to Ponder

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Power of Music

Music can do things politicians and promises and platforms don’t seem able to do. They can move people to come together and, in doing so, make the world a better place.

For today’s younger generations this was probably most evident

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Out of the Loop

For the past few days while we celebrated the Fourth of July, I’ve been out of the loop regarding current events, stock market closings, and Iraqi insurgents. It’s been great; and I can only assume that current events continued at

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I-9

I-9 has entered my life. No, it isn’t the newest interstate highway or the final number on a winning bingo card. It’s a lot more complicated than that.

I-9 is shorthand for a form currently issued by our government’s Department

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Lightning Bugs

They’re God’s flashlights or Tinkerbell’s dearest friends. So why do children capture them and put them in jars? On the face of it, it seems cruel.

But I think it’s because lightning bugs – also known as June bugs because

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Questions

Why is the longest day of summer the first day of the official summer season? I mean, summer has really just arrived, but the days are already getting shorter.

What is the value of 24/7 news radio and television stations?

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Cash

Yesterday morning, I visited my local congressman’s office to purchase a new flag. I pulled out a twenty-dollar bill, since the cost of the flag was eighteen dollars.

“Oh, we don’t take cash,” the office administrator said. “We have to

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Michael Jackson

All right. His fifteen minutes are up. Will Michael Jackson please leave the stage?

I’m glad the trial is finally over; and, while my opinion probably won’t sit well with the majority, I believed he would be vindicated all along.

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Green

There’s always a big argument going on in my head about whether God’s favorite color is blue or green. Think about it.

The vast sky appears blue; water often appears blue too, particularly when the sun shines on it. And

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Bath Room

Earl and I are considering gutting our bathrooms and updating them; however, given the configuration of our house, there is no way we can ever achieve the current look in bathrooms, regardless of our desire or our pocketbooks. This is

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Euphoria

At promptly 4:07 PM this afternoon, I did it. Crossed the finish line in my month-long project titled “No Plot, No Problem.” Immediately rang up my younger son to gloat, since I believe I was the first of the three

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